[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 8/27 (17 spp warblers, DICK, BGGN).

Hi all,

Finally, a morning with a northwesterly breeze!  And after a moderate-strong flight last night, a very good flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning.

5:55-8:05am.

62F, mostly clear, NW 6.3 increasing to 8.9mph.

214 American Redstarts

108 Unidentified

24 Black-throated Green Warblers

12 Cedar Waxwings

11 Magnolia Warblers

10 Northern Parulas

6 Yellow Warblers

5 Prairie Warblers (2nd highest count)

4 Chimney Swifts

4 Black-and-white Warblers

3 Bay-breasted Warblers

3 Bobolinks

2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

2 Tree Swallows

2 Cape May Warblers

2 Blackpoll/Bay-breasted Warblers

2 Chipping Sparrows

2 Red-winged Blackbirds

2 House Finches

2 Purple Finches

1 Mourning Dove

1 Merlin

1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

1 Least Flycatcher

1 "Traill's" Flycatcher

1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Unidentified flycatcher

1 Unidentified vireo

1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (my 3rd ever here)

1 Nashville Warbler

1 Common Yellowthroat

1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

1 Black-throated Blue Warbler

1 Pine Warbler

1 Yellow-rumped Warbler

1 Canada Warbler

1 Wilson's Warbler

1 Scarlet Tanager

1 DICKCISSEL (FOY; one of a few Aug records here).

 

Total = 438

-Derek

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 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

 Freeport Wild Bird Supply

 541 Route One, Suite 10

 Freeport, ME 04032

 207-865-6000

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